Chapter 946 Choose a side
An old man in later generations said that there are no factions in the party, and there are all kinds of strange things.
Any time, as long as there are people, there will be rivers and lakes. Where there are interests, there will be parties. Regardless of whether it is called a crony or a mountain, in short, it is a group that sticks together for the common benefit. Some are closely related, while others are very loose.
Some are united by regional township party, some are united by the relationship between teachers and students, and there are more such as in-laws, colleagues, and so on. Even these groups are actually intricate relationships. Maybe you I have you in me.
For example, in the time of Wude, the largest parties in the court were naturally the princeling party and the Qin royal party, and many of the confidantes of the two parties were actually the confidantes of Emperor Li Yuan. It was only later that they were divided because of the battle for the crown prince. Now, the court has also begun to revolve around the position of the crown prince, and there have been princelings, Wei Wangdang, and Wu Wangdang.
Qin Qiong was surprised, but Qin Lang was not surprised at all.
Some things are not obvious, very hidden, but they are already facts.
Just like Fang Xuanling, who has always been Li Shimin's absolute confidant. He has been the central prime minister for ten years, and he is extremely trusted by the emperor, and his talent is also very strong.
"How could Liang Guogong be the Wei Wangdang? Where did the Wei Wangdang come from? Saburo, don't talk nonsense."
Qin Lang still doesn't know if there is anyone in the capital who is openly calling the Wei Wangdang, but what he can be sure of is that a secret interest group has indeed formed around Wei Wang. They are not just subordinates of Wei Wangfu, but There is a group of people who have Li Tai's ambition to seize the throne, and they came together for this purpose.
"Grandpa, not only Fang Xuanling, but also Chai Shao."
Another heavyweight, Chai Shao was neutral on the surface in the battle between Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng, but he actually sided with Jiancheng, and his personal relationship with Jiancheng has always been good. After the Xuanwu Gate, Li Shimin did neglect Chai Shao, his brother-in-law, for a long time. However, Chai Shao was good at commanding troops and had a lot of contacts in the Guanlong Group. Start to reuse Chai Shao.
Chai Shao was born as Qianniu in the East Palace of Prince Yang Guangyuande in the Sui Dynasty. He married Li Sanniang, the daughter of Li Yuan. When Li Yuan raised troops in Taiyuan, Chai Shao rushed to follow him. They rushed to Taiyuan together, and when they arrived in Taiyuan, they served as Li Yuanyou's commander-in-chief.
After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin pacified Xue Ju, defeated Song Jingang, surrendered Wang Shichong, captured Dou Jiande, and fought almost all the unification wars. Later, he guarded Longyou and resisted Tuyuhun. After that, he went north to Turkic, and made military exploits again.
After the change of Xuanwu Gate, it was neglected for several years.
Now he holds the rank of General of the Zhenjun Army, and takes the post of General of Youxiaowei.
From the governor of Qizhou in the west of Beijing, to the governor of Huazhou in Jingdong, guarding the gate of Tongguan.
If it weren't for the problem of standing in the team at the beginning, Chai Shao's status in the court would be far superior to Qin Qiong, Li Ji and others, and he was also one of the powerful generals in the Tang army who could stand alone.
Although he did not enter the political affairs hall, Chai Shao had a high prestige in the army, especially in the Guanlong Group. He had good contacts in the Guanlong Group. He stood on Li Tai's side. It can be said that the Wei Wangdang is like a tiger with wings added.
Fang Xuanling, Chai Shao, one literary and one military, they are all top-notch.
Neither of these two publicly expressed any support for Li Tai, nor did they openly support Li Tai in court or in front of the emperor, but they and the forces behind them are supporting Li Tai with actions.
Fan Yang Lu, who was behind Fang Xuanling, took the initiative to defect to the King of Wei. Many young talents of the Fan Yang Lu family entered Li Tai's literature museum.
Kuo Di Zhi compiled by Wei Wangfu Literature Museum, with 550 volumes of text and 5 volumes of preface, summarizes the division system of prefectures and counties in the past dynasties. Divided into eighteen chapters, it describes the history of establishment, mountains and rivers, customs, products, historic sites, and people in each prefecture and county. Quoting and citing is the most important thing in the world.
Although the whole book is not yet finished, only the volumes that have been edited and published have caused a sensation in the world. Even Li Shimin was greatly applauded after reading it, and greatly rewarded Li Tai and the editors of the Wei Palace.
And this Kuodizhi can be so successful, more than half of the credit is because of Fan Yang Lu's joining, Fan Yang Lu's family has a long history, and the talent is really great.
Even Qin Lang couldn't help admiring this book after reading it. It is indeed a very valuable book.
Although Li Tai is a major under the name, it is actually edited by Lu Shi and others, but Li Tai, the initiator and chief person in charge of this project, is naturally indispensable for the completion of the book.
In addition, Fang Xuanling's second son's bereavement is the second house who married Princess Gaoyang, and he is very close to Li Tai, the eldest brother-in-law, and has no intention of avoiding suspicion at all. A couple, those who didn't know thought that Li Shimin gave them a marriage couple.
And Chai Shao's second son, Chai Lingwu, Princess Shangbaling, also hangs out in Wei Wangfu every day.
If Fang Xuanling and Chai Shao didn't have the slightest intention to support Li Tai, they would never allow their son to get so close to King Wei, and they had to keep a little distance.
Looking at a person's position, you don't need to listen to what he says, just watch what he does.
As the princes are getting older, especially after Li Chengqian's actions in the past two years have dissatisfied the emperor, the court of the Tang Dynasty is splitting.
Changsun Wuji and Qin Langna are staunch princelings, they have always been like this.
But now Fang Xuanling and Chai Shao are secretly supporting the King of Wei, Xiao Yu, Yang Shidao, etc. are supporting the King of Wu Li Ke, and more officials are facing the problem of standing in line.
Those who can stand at the center of the court, facing the increasingly fierce battles between the princes in the future, it will be difficult to be alone and not be involved.
And once the team fails, the end will be very bad.
Thinking about history, it seems that Fang Xuanling belonged to the royal party of Wei, so in the later period of Zhenguan, Changsun Wuji spared no effort to attack Fang Xuanling, even after his death. After Gaozong succeeded to the throne, the ruling eldest grandson Wuji immediately used Gao Yang's conspiracy to uproot Fang Xuanling's family. At the same time, Chai Shao's family was also implicated. Wu Wang Li Ke was also implicated in the treason case by Changsun Wuji himself. Keep him from turning over.
As for Liu Ji, the backbone prime minister of the Wei Royal Party after Fang Xuanling, he was killed by the joint attack of Changsun Wuji and Chu Suiliang.
However, the fate of Changsun Wuji was not very good. The princeling party headed by him who supported Li Zhi at the beginning, and the core of the Guanlong Group, including Changsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang, Han Yuan, Laiheng Laiji, etc., were all defeated by Li Zhi in the end. Rule Wu Zetian bird all bow hidden.
The key to Li Zhiwu Zetian's ability to overthrow his uncle is to use the power of the Shandong Group. The representatives of this force are Li Ji, Cheng Yaojin and other generals, who were also the military group of the Qin Palace from Wagang.
Li Ji and Changsun Wuji were both Ministers of Tuogu Guming, but in the end they gave Changsun Wuji a fatal blow. Although Li Ji died, his grandson later rebelled against Wu Zetian, and he was liquidated even after his death. His country name was also taken away.
Being an official, especially at the level of the prime minister, the most dangerous thing for officials who enter the center of the court is not to make some mistakes in their work, or even to secretly arrange a few relatives and friends for personal reasons. For them, the only thing that can threaten their lives, and even the fate of the entire family, is the imperial power.
Once involved in royal infighting, especially the succession of the throne, it is extremely dangerous.
To put it bluntly, it means standing in line.
If the succession of the throne is relatively smooth, it might not be too miserable to stand on the wrong team, but if the process of the succession of the throne is very intense, or even a **** coup, then the whole family may be implicated in the wrong team.
This is what Qin Lang always wanted to avoid before, so he worked very hard to assist Cheng Qian, hoping that Cheng Qian, the eldest son of the crown prince, could succeed to the throne steadily, so that there would be no serious party struggles. Naturally, these people would not have such dangerous troubles.
But who would have expected that after ten years, they would still come to this point.
"Fang Xuanling is a prudent person, isn't he?" Qin Qiong was a bit naive in his old age.
Qin Lang can only say that Qin Qiong has been far away from the political center these years, and his sensitivity is gone, or that he is very unwilling to participate in these things, just like when he was a confidant of the Qin Palace, he still wanted to avoid the royal family's fratricide.
"You, don't forget that Liang Guogong was a staunch supporter of the sage seizing the heirloom back then."
Lao Fang firmly insisted on Li Shimin's plan to win the heir, and even the last-minute **** mutiny plan.
It is not an ordinary person who can sit firmly in the position of Prime Minister in the court for ten years. It is a very cruel court. How many people stare at that position, and if they are a little careless, they will be smashed to pieces.
Good old man, he will definitely not be prime minister for ten years.
Back then, Fang Xuanling was able to support Li Shimin as the heir apparent, why wouldn't he choose Li Tai early today, and prepare to embrace him as the heir apparent?
After all, although Chengqian is the eldest son, his performance in the past two years has not been good, especially compared with Li Tai, the gap is even greater.
Fang Xuanling stayed in the center every day and often accompanied the emperor. He could feel the gap between the two princes more clearly than others, especially the emperor's heart, so it was not unusual for him to bet on King Wei.
People in Fang Xuanling's position, how many people can be as indifferent to fame and wealth as Qin Qiong?
Fang Xuanling doesn't think about himself, he has to think about his descendants and his family. He is the prime minister, but if he is in the wrong team, he and Fang's family will be very dangerous in the new dynasty. If you don't see Pei Ji in the Wude Dynasty, that's the time. The man who had been the Prime Minister for nine years, the number one confidant of the Supreme Emperor, how miserable did he end up in the Zhenguan Dynasty?
He was suppressed again and again, and in the end he was ordered to go back to his hometown for retirement, but he was still convicted of treason, exiled to the southwest, and finally died at the hands of the barbarians in the southwest. They were expelled from their nationality and exiled to the frontier areas, and most of the women did not enter the Ye court.
This is a lesson from the past.
Lao Fang has no choice, if he doesn’t want to repeat Pei Ji’s mistakes, he can only bet on the winner in advance and stand on the team early.
Just why did Lao Fang think that the crown prince would be deposed, and why did he think that King Wei would be the final winner?
Is this just his idea, or did he get the clue from Li Shimin?
(end of this chapter)